Monday March 2, 2009
Addendum:
To those of you who wanted more info on the money saving paragraph in my previous post … yes, it actually does work. And no, Walmart does not always have “the lowest prices in town.” And yes, you can save money by using coupons as opposed to buying the generic brand. It has a lot to do with matching up coupons to the right sale at the right time. Since there are blogs that can explain it better then I can, go here and read the CVS 101 tutorial to get started. This is another great place to see the best deals at your grocery store. I like to check in as I’m preparing my grocery list. If you’re very confused with all the ESR, ECB, catalina, OOP and other lingo, keep reading. It does make sense eventually. And if you have specific questions feel free to ask. I’ll be happy to share what I’ve learned.
Swagbucks is a just for fun thing for me. Instead of going to google or whatever other search engine I want to use, I go to this site and do my search through here. Sometimes you win, sometimes you don’t. You always get points for starting a new account so it doesn’t take long to get started. And it’s easy to win something because the lowest rewards start at 45 points. Go here to sign up. Even if it takes me two months to get there, it’s still fun for me because I’m getting something without doing any extra time (ok, I admit, I’m a little more search happy then I was!).
Hope this helps!
You did a great job of explaining….I hardly know where to start when explaining all this stuff to other people! Did you get the 3 and 5 dollar Huggies coupons? I don’t know if I’ll end up using them, but I printed them just in case. I love Huggies but don’t often buy them cause they are usually too expensive. Also…did you get the 100 free buisiness cards? I ordered some for my Husbands buisiness. (I am pretty sure that word isn’t spelled right…but my brain feels kinda stuck right now.)
This post was interesting to me beings I’ve been doing alot of the coupon/sales paper things too, and trying to plan my menus accordingly. Thanks for the info!!
@rachi882 –
Got the huggies coupons (YEAH!) but passed on the business cards since my husband already has his and I didn’t have mine designed yet. BTW, if you’ve got a Walgreens in your area, this would be a good week to start. =) I wish they’d hurry up and load my $41 rebate to my card! I THOUGHT I wasn’t going to town this week b/c I”m short on time but it’s definitely a better deal week and I need a few things before I head out for the weekend so maybe I’ll have to burn some midnight hours somewhere else. I’m off to do hot lunch at school….
I would love to start shopping at Walgreens! But The closest one is 30 minutes away, and I don’t usually shop in that town! AAARRRGGG!!!
Have fun!!!